Are you thinking about your Thanksgiving meal yet? We are! We'll be pulling together some of our favorite Thanksgiving and holiday recipes from the archives this week, and we're starting with appetizers. As Emma said earlier today, appetizers may not be the most high-profile part of the Thanksgiving meal, but goodies and special snacks were always a part of our family's Thanksgiving. Slow grazing, building to the climax of a meal!

Click through for a full gallery of some of our favorite holiday appetizers and hors d'oeuvre.

Holiday Appetizer RecipesAll of these are not too fussy, but still fresh - each with a new twist on tired basics. Mix up the appetizer tray this holiday season and try something new. Listed in the same order as the photos above.

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Faith is the executive editor of The Kitchn and the author of three cookbooks. They include The Kitchn Cookbook, coauthored with Sara Kate Gillingham, as well as Bakeless Sweets. She lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband Mike.